Also here's the kernel logs produced when the device is connected:
[ 237.728033] usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 237.744780] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=5136
[ 237.744783] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 237.744785] usb 2-1: Product: AS2105
[ 237.744786] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: ASMedia
[ 237.744788] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 00000000000000000000
[ 237.745252] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 237.745413] scsi host9: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[ 238.744785] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access ASMT 2105 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 238.745159] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 247.037740] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.037913] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] 5860533168 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
[ 247.038367] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[ 247.038372] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[ 247.038837] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 247.039353] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.121247] sdd: sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 sdd4 sdd5
[ 247.122345] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.129975] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
My motherboard has a VIA VL805 chip for the USB 3.0 ports, so Intel is not a factor for me. Again, I'm pretty sure that my problems have stopped appearing but I can't be certain until I do a proper test. I'll do some testing tomorrow and report back.
Hello,
Apologies for the late reply. Been really busy and not had much time for computer troubleshooting recently.
My device is:
Bus 009 Device 003: ID 174c:5136 ASMedia Technology Inc.
Here's my system information:
System: Host: BOB1 Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: Gigabyte product: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: 990FXA-UD3 version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: F2 date: 07/15/2013
CPU: Octa core AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 64286.7
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz 7: 1400.00 MHz 8: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1680x1050@59.9hz, 1680x1050@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.72 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.19.0-26-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: b000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 74:d4:35:5e:c0:be
Card-2: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI driver: rt2800pci ver: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 04:06.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 68:7f:74:e2:0f:a4
Card-3: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter usb-ID: 007-004
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 6501.3GB (20.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EADS size: 1000.2GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD20EARS size: 2000.4GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: SNA size: 500.1GB
4: USB id: /dev/sdd model: 2105 size: 3000.6GB
Partition: ID: / size: 25G used: 17G (70%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 731G used: 660G (96%) fs: ext4
ID: swap-1 size: 4.36GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 25.5C mobo: 41.0C gpu: 0.0:51C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 997 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0
Info: Processes: 250 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 1708.8/16012.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
Also here's the kernel logs produced when the device is connected: 00000
[ 237.728033] usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 237.744780] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=5136
[ 237.744783] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 237.744785] usb 2-1: Product: AS2105
[ 237.744786] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: ASMedia
[ 237.744788] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 000000000000000
[ 237.745252] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 237.745413] scsi host9: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[ 238.744785] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access ASMT 2105 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 238.745159] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 247.037740] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.037913] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] 5860533168 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
[ 247.038367] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[ 247.038372] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[ 247.038837] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 247.039353] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.121247] sdd: sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 sdd4 sdd5
[ 247.122345] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 247.129975] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
My motherboard has a VIA VL805 chip for the USB 3.0 ports, so Intel is not a factor for me. Again, I'm pretty sure that my problems have stopped appearing but I can't be certain until I do a proper test. I'll do some testing tomorrow and report back.